Moody Center
Post-Mendel, Where Do We Draw the Genetic Manipulation Line?
RECEIVED Fri., April 30, 2004
Dear Chronicle,
Tired of being a guinea pig? Tired of eating weird, genetically produced food that hasn't been safely tested? Or seeing small farmers sued when the wind blows genetically tweaked pollen onto their soybean field?
Now there's something we can do about it. We can follow the lead of Mendocino County, Calif., and vote to ban genetically engineered crops. A bunch of counties in California and elsewhere are planning on doing the same. We have the right to keep these dangerous, experimental plants out of Travis County.
But we have to work fast. Monsanto and their friends are spending gobs of money to buy legislators in California and elsewhere, to undo the laws of the people. Monsanto's continuing assault on the environment makes me think of that Lily Tomlin quote, "No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."
This is the crucial moment in the fight against genetically engineered foods. Let's do our part to stop this insanely dangerous and destructive industry in its tracks.
Tired of being a guinea pig? Tired of eating weird, genetically produced food that hasn't been safely tested? Or seeing small farmers sued when the wind blows genetically tweaked pollen onto their soybean field?
Now there's something we can do about it. We can follow the lead of Mendocino County, Calif., and vote to ban genetically engineered crops. A bunch of counties in California and elsewhere are planning on doing the same. We have the right to keep these dangerous, experimental plants out of Travis County.
But we have to work fast. Monsanto and their friends are spending gobs of money to buy legislators in California and elsewhere, to undo the laws of the people. Monsanto's continuing assault on the environment makes me think of that Lily Tomlin quote, "No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."
This is the crucial moment in the fight against genetically engineered foods. Let's do our part to stop this insanely dangerous and destructive industry in its tracks.
Sincerely,
Chris Jones
Chris Jones